Andrews, Val

Rising Card Book

Magico Magazine (1980)

Paperback

USA | English

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Genre

Conjuring

Subject

Card Tricks - Magic

Plot

Andrews Val: Card-Rises for...Club, TV, Close-Up and Cabaret
©1980 Magico Magazine (New York, NY)
Softcover, 5.25x8.25", 32 pages

SCARCE TITLE BY VAL ANDREWS ............. " THE MOST POPULAR TRICK IN MAGIC " ............... CARD RISES FOR CLUB , T.V. ,CLOSE - UP AND CABARET. THIS LITTLE GEM OF A BOOK CONTAINS 32 PAGES WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS . PUBLISHED BY MAGICO MAGAZINE IN 1980 AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

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Contents:

3 The Most Popular Trick in Magic

4 Part One
4 Propelled by Finger, Thumb or Wand
4 With Faked Card Case or Glass
5 Special Glass
5 From the Centre of the Pack
7 The Val Andrews Rising-Cards
8 Wand Propulsion
9 One Good Turn

10 Part Two
10 Elastic Propulsion
10 Jumping Jack
11 The Jumping Card
13 Slow Motion Card Rise

14 Part Three
14 Threads and Strings
14 A Word or Two on Threads
15 Classic Thread Methods
17 Some Variations Embellishments and Simplifications
17 Use of the Mirror Glass
18 Anchorages and Slack
19 Herrmann's Bouquet and Rising Cards
21 Threaded Pack
23 The Holden Rising Cards
25 Turston's Flying Cards
26 Cabaret-Version of Flying Cards
27 Presentation, Devices and Dressings
29 With the Devano Pack
30 Patter-Lines
30 Concluding Observations

Personal

Owner	Bryan-Keith Taylor
Location	Magic Library (Home)
Index	3791
Added Date	Jul 01, 2017 03:06:50
Modified Date	Apr 06, 2026 14:21:01

Value

Book Condition	Near Mint

Notes

Val Andrews

Born: Val Andrews
February 15, 1926
Hove, England
Died: October 12, 2006 (age 80)

Val Andrews (b.1926-d.2006) performed as The Great Valentine, Bronco, Val Vox the Magical Raconteur and The Mysterious Vanson. Andrews was also a prolific writer of magic.

Contents
1 Biography
2 Honors and Awards
3 Marketed Tricks
4 Books
5 References
Biography
Born in Hove, England just a few hours after Valentine's Day, hence the name Val, he was the son of an architect. For many years of his life, he lived in Brighton, England.

In 1943, he moved to London and became friendly with Will Goldston, George Davenport, Bobby Bernard, Al Koran and Fergus Roy amongst other magic notables. In 1957 he married Doreen and had a daughter Christie.

He was a prolific writer, having almost 1,000 books and booklets on magic and the allied arts published. He wrote many of Tommy Cooper's scripts and biographies of famous magicians including Dante, Murray, Will Goldston, Horace Goldin, Carmo, Kalanag and Chung Ling Soo. He frequently contributed to Abra, Magigram and other magic magazines during his day. He also wrote new Sherlock Holmes stories, usually with a magic background to them.

Honors and Awards
In 2000, Val received, The John Nevil Maskelyne Prize, from the Magic Circle for his literary work
Literary Fellowship by the Academy of Magical Arts.
Marketed Tricks
Val Andrews' Unfaked Book Test (1992)

Books
Commercial Comedy (1952)
Val's Varieties (1964)
Goodnight, Mr. Dante (1978)
A Gift from the Gods (1981)
The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard (1982)
Life... Dull It Ain't! (1983) [about Horace Goldin]
The Wonderful Magic of Chefalo (1983)
Four Seasons in the Life of Val Andrews (1984)
Unfaked book Test (1985)
David Devant - The Junior Partner (1988)
Murray - The Encore (1988)
Great Lyle and his Cavalcade of Mystery (1989)
Dante Scrapbook (1990)
Houdini: The Last Word (1998)
Fred Culpitt - A Brief Biography (2000)